Sep 30, 2004
Terrorism
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The one characteristic of terrorism is no system,
not even the eternal vigilance of the population, is immune to its stray
sporadic outbursts.
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It is this characteristic of terrorism that expresses
the fact that terrorism is an aspiration of the people in the reverse, not a
malady or malaise.
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Of course, vigilance can eradicate it to 99%.
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The goal of humanity now, as it has been from its
ORIGIN, is unity of diverse groups.
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Unity is achieved by coexistence, cooperation,
coordination, partial integration, and full integration by complete
assimilation.
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Prior to the need of coexistence, the various types
developed their own individualities to the point of uniqueness.
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These stages – co-existence, etc. – are traversed by
corresponding positive strategies of which negative strategies pull in the
opposite side.
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Social existence offers the scope for positive and
negative development through the social evolution of new organisations
accompanied by new activities.
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Tracing nomadic life through agriculture, trade,
commerce, urban life, crafts, technology, manufacturing, urban migration,
money, banking, service sector, media, government, etc., having in mind man’s
qualities of independence, gregariousness, need based mutuality, its wider
version, development of arts, mental development in matter, organisation of
various activities that give rise to products that offer comfort, release from
drudgery, pure mental organisation that shifts work from body to mind, its
rational character, sectors that generate money without material products
(service as a product), centralised instrument for protection and law and
order, one can see the history of mankind passing through the stages of
physical, vital, mental, spiritual stages. One can also see the various types
of anachronisms that develop – and their solutions – and their present status.
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Conservatism is the product of obstructed
assimilation.
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Terrorism is the violent individual version of dying
or disintegrating conservatism.
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Rigidities have developed at all levels obstructing
unity or the upward movement of unity.
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Nature throws up both possibilities – positive and
negative – to overcome such rigidities.
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The physical rigidity relates to physical property
and the physical possession of the members of the family. Each level develops
its own sensitivity. The physical so developed RIGHTS.
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One of the four major events of history, the Trojan
War, was fought to restore Helen, as she was the physical property of her king.
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At the vital level, honour is seen as a point of
sensitivity. Hence the duel.
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The individual honour develops into collective
dharma for which the battle of Kurukshetra was fought. That is another
of the four landmarks.
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The vital is fulfilled in the Love of Jesus which
when it became universal, Brindavan came into existence.
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The two World Wars of this century where fifty
million people died for their nations were the symbolic destruction of the
human physical rigidity characterised by nationalism. The end of the Cold War,
the vital extension of the World Wars, gave rise to globalisation and thinking
in terms of internationalism.
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Protection of the border against a common enemy
makes people accept coexistence in preference to conflicts between groups.
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Mutual benefit of trade and commerce compels the
population to cooperate in preference to economic or armed competition.
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Upward social mobility overcomes antagonistic
religious faiths that generate mutual annihilation.
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Cultural, linguistic aims make for social stability.
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Complete assimilation is possible when there is an
appreciation of the fact that one’s own fulfilment lies in assimilating with
the other.
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To trace these stages historically and end up in a
tabular column of exact correspondence is not very difficult.
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All the problems we now face acutely on a global
scale have already been faced by various nations at various levels.
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Such a study will at once reveal the solutions for
all the 26 existing conflicts.
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To eradicate terrorism in practice, it is enough to
fully implement all the legal provisions available nationally and
internationally. It may give a long respite, not eliminate the root cause.
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It is obvious that the future is for assimilation
and not for fragmentation.
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The case of IRA can assume significance in this
context. It is the result of offensive neglect of a portion of a kingdom
aggrandised by obvious provocations. If the
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As the world atmosphere is rich enough for solution,
as we saw in the end of the Cold War, cautious attempts will yield considerable
results.
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More than solving one problem, our gain will be the
knowledge of solving all such problems.
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The IRA,
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The solution of Punjabi Kalistan, the Camp David
truce of the
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The lasting solution lies in the ROOT CAUSE.